Linkerd Pricing Overview

Linkerd at a glance

Free (open source)

Linkerd has 2 pricing editions. A free trial of Linkerd is also available. Look at different pricing editions below and see what edition and features meet your budget and needs.

Name	Price	Features
Open Source Linkerd	Free	The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) graduated service mesh Zero-config mutual TLS Drop-in reliability features State-of-the-art ultralight Rust dataplane Instant platform health metrics Download for free at https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2
Managed Linkerd by Buoyant	Contact UsPer Year	Running a service mesh shouldn’t require a team of engineers. Buoyant Cloud manages Linkerd so that you don’t have to. Keeps control and data plane up to date with latest versions, handles installs, trust anchor rotation Continuously monitoring of Linkerd deployment health and proactive alerting of potential issue Linkerd support from the creators of the service mesh

Linkerd pricing & plans

Free Trial is available

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Linkerd is a free open source project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Pricing information was last updated on October 10, 2024

Linkerd Alternatives Pricing

The following is a quick overview of editions offered by other Service Mesh Tools

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Various alternatives pricing & plans

Free Trial is available

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